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Rating:  -
I do hope this is the last of the series, because while they are mildly amusing, they are no "Mrs. Doubtfire" or "The Wedding Banquet". And Leslie Nielsen at 66 is definitely looking his age. At least Prescilla Presley and Raquel Welch still look great. And this Guess jeans model! She really did look like Jessica Rabbit in "Roger Rabbit". How on earth did they get her breasts up and out like that? Lots of send-ups of movies, including the opening sequence from "The Untouchables" train station scene. I loved OJ Simpson in the background catching the babies and almost spiking one. Also spoofs from "Thelma and Louise" and Sally Field's famous Oscar acceptance speech. There were lots of sillly moments, and I laughed some, but that's just it. There are only moments - never anything to carry forward. The laughs are short and sweet, not sustainable. And too many men's crotch jokes here. Even a send-up of "The Crying Game". Level of humor seemed a little crass, little too much in the toilet. This one is definitely not as sharp as the other two. I think Nielsen needs to get back in some real movies.
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Paramount's "The Naked Gun" series is one of the few film series in cinematic history to go through three films and still remain consistent. The third entry of the series, "The Naked Gun 33 1/3 - The Final Insult" was relased three years after the previous installment, "The Naked Gun 2 1/2 - The Smell Of Fear", in 1994.
This third venture finds bumbling Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) retired from Police Squad and finally married to Jane (Prisicilla Presley). Frank seems to be happily settling into retired life when he is suddenly brought back in by old friends Ed (George Kennedy) and Nordberg (O.J. Simpson, just months before he killed his wife and her lover). They want him to investigate a bomb threat organizd by notorious terroist Rocko Dylan (Fred Ward). He is sent a fertility clinic to find out the address of Rocko's girlfriend Tanya Peters' (Anna Nicole Smith, pre - Trimspa) house. Jane becomes suspicious, and leaves Frank when she learns that he's back on the job. Frank, meanwhile, is assigned to pose as an inmate in the prison where Rocko is at. He becomes friends with Rocko, who lets him on the plan and lets him be apart of it. They spend the night at Tanya's house. Jane also winds upt here and is held hostage. They soon learn that Rocko is planning to blow up the Academy Awards. So Jane and Frank now must sneak in and stop Rocko from destroying the most important annual motion picture event. The result is several celebrity cameos and one uproarious dance number that goes sout thanks To Frank. It's another laugh a minuute romp with the "Naked Gun" bunch!
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Leslie Neilson is awesomely funny in all his movies. It got me laughing pretty much throughout the film. The humor in it can be abit obscene in some areas, so it's more for a mature audience, most parts are fine for family showing.
-AmberLee
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The final entry in the series has big laughs! Great gags!
TEH STORY: Frank Drebin, now retired, is called back to Police Squad to investigate a jailed terrorist plan for escaping and bombing! So Frank poses as a jail mate and goes in the terrorist's cell. What will happen next!?
The whole series is fine. All the movies are equal in humor, and make you want more! Buy it!
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I love the Naked Gun series. All 3 movies have a certain charm and wit to them that just isn't matched in other satire series.
The first Naked Gun movie is probably one of the funniest movies I have ever seen hands down. The second was good but for some reason it just never seemed to come into its own. This one is a strange movie in that only one of the original writers (David Zucker) did the script while the other two were just producers this time around. It has parts that are better then the second one but other parts that just aren't funny as they want to be. It's a strange movie in that you will find parts that were well done and creative but then you will see things that are just stretching and well to put it plainly, just not funny.
The story continues right where the second left us. Frank Dreben and Jane finaly tie the knot and settle down to become a family. Dreben has to give up his police job as he promised. Of course things aren't as easy as that, the couple seems to be having some marital problems as Jane wants a kid and for some reason Frank just can't make it happen. To make matters worse Ed and Nordburg need Frank to come back for one more mission and when Jane finds out she leaves him. Dreben winds up going into prison undercover to find out the plans of the would be terrorist who wants to target the Oscars with a bomb that will go off once the evelope is opened revealing the best actor.
The opening and ending sequences are the best part of the movie. We have an Untouchables spoof at the start which was quite amusing and in classic Naked Gun humor and we have the whole situation at the Oscars that will remind you a bit of the baseball sequence at the end of the first movie. This alone ranks this better then the second movie but its everything in between that slows the movie down and makes it a little boring at times. Frank in Jail, Jane running away in a Thelma and Louise type spoof, a visit to the sperm hospital.. all fill up the middle and while they have their slight chuckles they are no where near the humor and wit and non stop laughs that we had previously. The second one still seemed to flow correctly within the series, popping out situations and running gags that were constant. This one just seems to be missing that extra umph to put it over the top.
The movie is fun and enjoyable though and a worthy addition to the Naked Gun series. Leslie Nielson still has it and probably always will. He plays his character flawlessly and as you would expect. There are a lot of cameos in this one like Weird Al and Vanna White and Mary Lou to name a few that make for some interseting moments. The rest of the cast from the previous are intact except there is no mayor or commish this time to call the shots.
When I first saw the movie in theaters I didn't laugh as much as I should have but after seeing it again on DVD I found myself laughing at things that probably were just over my head when I saw it 10 years ago.
Bottomline, Its not as good as the first and has its moments with being on the same level as 2 1/2 but overall its a great way to end a great series and I do recomend this to everyone, but I would also say buy the other two as well to get the full flavor. This on its own just won't work as well if you have not seen the others to reference to and get the complete picture of how this series works. This definitely could have been better and perhaps if the original 3 writers did it it would have been but its still quite amusing at points and gets a big A for effort.
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